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Proto-language

In the tree model of historical linguistics, a proto-language is a postulated ancestral language from which a number of attested languages are believed to have descended by evolution, forming a language family. Proto-languages are usually unattested, or partially attested at best. They are reconstructed by way of the comparative method.

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Proto-language

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples34
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Proto-language

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related to Proto-X vs. Pre-X · 15
Proto-language → An, Both, Europe, Indo-European, It, Normally, Old Japanese, Pre, Pre-Indo-European, Pre-Proto-Indo-European, Pre-X, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, Proto-X, South Asia
related to Definition and verification · 6
Proto-language → If, It, More, Occam's, The, Typically
related to Accuracy · 5
Proto-language → Kortlandt, Linguists, Many, The, There
is a · 2
Proto-language → most recent common ancestor of a language family, postulated ancestral language from which a number of attested languages are believed to have descended by evolution
see also · 2
Proto-language → Human, List

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language languages attested comparative method reconstruction also family common proto-indo-european linguistics proto-languages reconstructed tree indo-european historical used group linguistic old

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Proto-languageis apostulated ancestral language from which a number of attested languages are believed to have descended by evolution0.90text
Proto-languageis amost recent common ancestor of a language family0.90text
glottalic theoryinstance ofThe alternatives0.80text
despite representing a typologically less rare systeminstance ofThe alternatives0.80text
have not gained wider acceptanceinstance ofThe alternatives0.80text
and some researchers even suggest the use of indexes to represent the disputed series of plosivesinstance ofThe alternatives0.80text
Proto-languagerelated to AccuracyThere0.60section
Proto-languagerelated to AccuracyMany0.60section
Proto-languagerelated to AccuracyThe0.60section
Proto-languagerelated to AccuracyKortlandt0.60section
Proto-languagerelated to AccuracyLinguists0.60section
Proto-languagerelated to Definition and verificationTypically0.60section

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